THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 January 1915, Page 3

THE WAR.

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[JSLECXULO TELEGRAPH —COrYUIOHT.] £ PIS II I'UEBS ASSOCIATION.j (Received This Day, 'J.lo a.m.) RUSSIAN WARSHiI'o ACTIVE. Pans, Jan. 8. A iunush warship was mined and sunk at tlie entrance to tho iiosphorus. A Russian cruiser and a destroyer shelled tne .Uedjidieh near I'rebizond. the Aledjulieh was damaged and escaped but the transport she was convoying was sunk. ALSJIiiA DISPOSED TO PEAOIi. According to a well iiuormed ltomu correspondent to the I'etit Parisien, Austria •is complaining that more and more slie is being sacrificed by Germany and is disposed to secure a separate peace even at a heavy price. A coininunique states that the French infantry captured a hillock near LoubaerUyde and progressed at Laboisiello and at Avelny, near Arras; also 111 the Rhciiris, Thann and Altkirch districts. Our artillery destroyed the enemy's trenches and breastworks between Jonchery and Soihain. The enemy mined' and blew up tho French Lici.che.s westward of Hauteohevauehe 111 the Argonne, followed by a violent attack which we repulsed with the bayonet. ; (Received This Day 8.45 a.m.) MALTREATMENT OF CATHOLIC CLERGY. London, Jan. 8.

Tho Belgian Legation has issued a record of cases of' maltreatment of Catholic clergy in Belgium, including the invalid octagonarian at Buechen, cabled on the (jfch. He was accused of firing on the Germans, was thrown 'nto .a iditcli, then dragged through the streets by the legs, and shot. A priest at Gelrode was beat with a riflo butt until tho blood dripped from it. lie was shot and thrown into the river-Twenty-six innocent priests were kill od in Malines diocese, ten in l<iego twenty in Naiauir and three in Tournai. A U STRI ANS RET IRE. Amsterdam, Jan. S. The Austrian communique mentions that the Austrians in tho Carpathians were obliged to retreat before superior Russian forces. IN SOFITTXKIUCA. Pretoria, Jan. 8. The Union force® havo occupied Schuitdrift. The enemy the Orange "river destroying tlie pontoons and boats and now hold the north bank. FRENCH AVIATORS ACTIVE. Paris, Jan. 8. The French "Eyewitness" "relates that the French aviators between 2."» th and 31st December, dropped thirtv-four bombs and 8000 darts on the Germans in Gercourt. Dondrien, Nampoel and Saint Hilaire. Many bombs wore dropped oil several railway stations in Alsace and Lorraine. The Zeppelins have not ventured to attack since the French airmen's aggressive ac-